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Father’s Day does not possess the same history as Mother’s Day. If you read some of my previous postings you may recall that Mother’s Day in various forms dates back to ancient Greece and into the days of the Roman Empire.

Father’s Day on the other hand only dates back to 1909 and its origin is pretty much accredited to Sonora Dodd. While listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in Spokane Washington she was inspired to have a special day to honor her father. Her own father William Smart had raised her and her siblings after their mother had died. Touched by the love and care he had given them she organized the first Father’s Day celebration on June 19th, 1910. Her fathers birthday.

Sadly Father’s Day was not as readily accepted as Mother’s Day and was thought to be a hilarity. It wasn’t until 1913 that a bill was introduced making the day official. It wasn’t until 1916 that President Woodrow Wilson supported the idea that it began to gain support. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge added his support to the bill. Decades passed and it wasn’t until 1972 that President Richard Nixon established the third Sunday in June as the permanent national observance day for Father’s Day.

Wow! Kind of makes you think that father’s were not that popular or a least not as popular as mothers. Well at Bob’s Gift Baskets we think otherwise. We offer a wide variety of gift baskets made just for Dad. Click on Fathers Day Gifts Page or our Gifts For Him Page to check out some of our selections. We allappreciate our dad’s just as much as our mom’s..

A PS from our Web Master:

I hope that many of you had a Dad like mine. He’s gone now, but his memory lives on. He wasn’t always there for me, he didn’t toss a ball to me every time I asked, but he was always there when it really mattered. He told me how to wire up the 220 volt line for the AC in my first house. He taught me how to fix just about anything. The most important thing he taught me was how to figure things out for myself and to respect myself, my wife, my children and all the other people I would meet in my life.

Oh, and one last thing. He did this all while he battled his own inner demons and problems. So give your Dad a hug, a kiss and a gift basket from Bob’s Gift Baskets this Fathers Day. Tell him you care.

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Captain Kidd on his ship the Adventure Galley

1701 – Captain Kidd walks the plank No not really. William Kidd known as Captain Kidd was tried, convicted for piracy and murder and then hanged at London’s Execution Dock.

1900 – Forgotten Civil war hero honored. A little late in coming, Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his on July 18^th 1863 while fighting for the Union Army. Carney was a member of the 54^th Massachusetts colored infantry. He was the first African American to receive Americas highest military honor.

1911 – New York public library dedicated. The largest marble structure ever built in the United States the library took over 11 years to complete at a cost of $9 million dollars. Occupying two city blocks the library opened with an initial collection of over 1 million books.

Bonnie and Clydes stoled Ford Deluxe

1934 – Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. Notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed in a hail of bullets in Sailes, Louisiana. Believed to be responsible for 13 murders. An estimated 167 bullets riddled the stolen 1934 Ford Deluxe.

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1498 – Vasco de Gama reaches India. Sailing from Lisbon, Portugal in July of 1497 de Gama became the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean. Not well received he had to fight his way out of Calicut in 1499.

1873 – Levi Strauss receive patent for Blue Jeans. Strauss and another San Francisco taylor, Reno Nevada received a patent to begin manufacture of work pants reinforced with metal rivets marking the birth of history’s most famous blue jeans.

The Spirit of St. Louis

1927 – Spirit of St. Louis departs. At 7:52 AM aviator Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York for his famous solo flight across the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Hydrogen Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll

1956 – U. S drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll. The United States conducted the first air-borne test of the Hydrogen Bomb – dropping it on a small atoll called Namu in the Bikini Atolls.

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Gift giving. Where it all started. Historical records indicate that gifts were first given out during the time of the Roman Empire. Gifts were given usually in the form of evergreen branches during the winter solace or the first of January. Evergreen branches turned into giving cakes, honeys and other sweet items. Much more popular to receive than a few pine needles.

A Gift To Remember

The same is true today. Gifts of food in particular gourmet foods like those available at Bob’s Gift Baskets are a very popular gift to give or receive.

Today gift giving is a year round event with gifts being given every calender day of the year. Holidays are always a major event, but there are birthdays, sporting and other events, corporate or business gifts expressing a special thank you. Even welcome home or welcome to your new home gifts. We give get well gifts or sorry for your loss gifts. Graduation gifts or gifts to say your sorry to your spouse. Secretaries receive gifts from the boss and they in turn receive gifts from their employees.